Who says Gretchen Jones doesn't play well with others? The Portland-turned-New-York designer, best known—infamously so—for winning Season 8 of Project Runway on television, feted her Spring/Summer 2013 collection along with five others at the GenArt "Fresh Faces in Fashion" show at New York Fashion Week on Sunday. (Jones was second in line.) "Any Day Now," as her lineup is dubbed, is unmistakably Jones's, yet it's also bears the fingerprints of two other "Joans": Didion, the American author, and Baez, the activism-minded folk singer.

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“My collections are inspired by a piece of literature and the album I listen to most or what’s connected to the literature,” Jones tells Ecouterre. “Joan Didion’s essay “Where the Kissing Never Stops” about Joan Baez’s early year organically found me and was meant to be. I started listening to Joan Baez’s album Any Day Now, which was recorded around the time of Didion’s essay…it seemed like the universe found my inspiration for me this year.”

“Around 70 percent of the collection is made from ethical materials,” Jones tells Ecouterre.

Topped with custom floral headbands from Ban.do, the twelve ensembles artfully combined Keith Haring-inspired calico-esque prints with metallic bouclés, hand-loomed resistant-dyed batiks with hand-painted vistas of the setting sun. “Around 70 percent of the collection is made from ethical materials,” Jones says. “I’ve incorporated organic cottons, worked with an amazing company Indigo Handloom who works with off-the-grid weavers in India. My custom prints are still digitally printed to reduce water waste, and I continue to support domestic production.”

Her favorite looks: “The short suit and the pantsuit for sure,” she says. “They are sexy, sophisticated, special, and totally fresh….all while being extremely wearable.”

Jones also indulged in a spot of shoe design this season, courtesy of Shoes of Prey, an online retailer that allows just about anyone to customize their own flat, heel, wedge, or sandal. “Basically I created my dream shoe for spring, and Shoes of Prey made that vision come true down to every detail,” she gushes. “I loved working with them and truly hope to work together again.”